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Coronavirus hospitalizations in the U.S. are increasing with no sign of slowing.

The week ending Aug. 19 saw more than 15,000 new COVID-19 hospital admissions, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s nearly a 19% increase over the previous week and the sixth straight week of growing numbers.

The summer increase remains small compared to previous coronavirus waves in the U.S. Still, it is the first time since winter that the country has experienced growing COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, and new coronavirus variants have caught the attention of officials.

EG.5, or “eris,” is now the dominant strain circulating in the U.S. It was responsible for more than 20% of new infections in recent weeks, according to CDC data.

The World Health Organization has designated EG.5 a “variant of interest” after it displayed a steady increase globally.

The organization assessed EG.5’s public health risk as “low at the global level,” which is the same designation as the so-called “arcturus” strain.

However, WHO warned that “due to its growth advantage and immune escape characteristics, EG.5 may cause a rise in case incidence and become dominant in some countries or even globally.”

Another new strain, BA.2.86, has been documented in the U.S. Details on the highly mutated strain are scarce, but researchers are watching it closely.

The CDC said in a risk assessment of BA.2.86 that it is likely not responsible for the current rise in COVID-19 hospitalizations and that it is too soon to know the new strain’s transmissibility or severity.

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原标题：通胀依然火热！美国8月CPI同比8.3%高于预期，核心CPI意外上行，美联储暴力加息箭在弦上虽然汽油价格继续下跌，但由于住房和食品价格持续上行，美国通胀依然火热，8月CPI和核心CPI双双高于预期，美联储暴力加息预期升温，目前美联储掉期交易已经完全定价美联储9月加息75个基点。9月13日，美国劳工统计局公布数据显示，美国8月CPI同比上涨8.3%，高于市场预期的8.1%，前值8.5%；8月CPI环比上涨0.1%，高于市场预期的-0.1%，增速较前值的0%小幅回升。在剔除波动较大的食品和能源价格后，8月核心CPI同比上涨6.3%，高于市场预期的6.1%，高于前值的5.9%；8月核心CPI环比上涨0.6%，高于市场预期以及前值的0.3%。数据公布后，美元指数短线拉升约90点，现报108.72。美股期货短线下挫，纳指期货跌超2%；现货黄金短线下挫近16美元美元，现报1715.42美元/盎司。汽油价格环比下跌10.6%，住房、食品以及医疗继续上行 8月整体通胀回落主要得益于汽油价格继续下降，与此同时，住房、食品以及医疗价格继续上行。具体来看，整体能源价格指数在8月份环比下降5%，创2020年4月以来的最大跌幅。其中，汽油价格指数环比下跌了10.6%，燃油价格则下跌5.9%。

二 | 在燃油价格下跌的推动下，机票价格环比下跌4.6%。

三 | 食品价格指数继续上行，8月环比上涨0.8%，7月的涨幅为1.1%，主要受家庭以外食品价格推动（0.9%）。同比来看，食品价格指数8月上涨11.4%，创1979年5月以来的最大涨幅，其中。家庭食品指数上涨13.5%，创1979年3月以来的最大涨幅。住房成本继续增加。8月住房指数环比上涨0.7%，高于7月的0.5%。

四 | 8月租金指数上涨0.7%，业主等效租金（OER）上涨0.7%。同比来看，住房价格指数上涨了6.24%，比7月的5.69%大幅上行，创1990年8月以来新高。

五 | 与此同时，租金通胀率升至6.74%，创有纪录以来最高水平。医疗价格指数也有所上涨，8月环比上涨0.7,%，高于7月的0.4%，其中住院服务价格环比上涨0.7%，处方药价格上涨0.4%。

六 | 新车、汽车保险和维修的价格也有所上涨，而二手车和卡车价格延续近期跌势。另外，工资水平已经连续第17个月相对于生活成本下降。9月加息75基点“板上钉钉”？ CPI增速放缓恐怕难以阻止美联储在下周的议息会议上暴力加息75基点。8月整体CPI同比增速虽然下降至8.3%，但仍比美联储2%的目标高出三倍多，而且核心通胀率意外上行，美联储在抗击通胀方面依然任重道远。高盛交易员John Flood此前也表示：“有趣的动态是，当Nick Timiraos(被称为“新美联储通讯社”)上周发表文章时，美联储实际上提前宣布了9月21日会议加息75个基点的决定。”数据公布后，芝商所FedWatch工具显示，美联储9月加息75个基点的概率升至90%，加息50基点的概率降至10%。